“Half-Roman, half-Japanese Onimaru is hunted and feared as an oni due to his appearance and his father's escaped slave status.”
General Onimaru
鬼丸大将
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Half-Roman, half-Japanese Onimaru is hunted and feared as an oni due to his appearance and his father's escaped slave status.
The son of a Roman soldier and a Japanese mother, Onimaru is feared for his blue eyes and blonde hair as an oni. Soldiers pursue Onimaru and his family, as his father escaped a slave ship before he was born. What can Onimaru do, hated by nearly everyone for his parentage? (Source: MangaDex)
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — General Onimaru begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 14 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 52m approx
- Published Dec 1968 – Jun 1969
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M42622 catalog